American musician Joe Willie Perkins, who became known as Pinetop Perkins after
he recorded a song titled 'Pinetop's Boogie Woogie', was regarded as the premier
blues pianist of all time with a career that lasted some 80 years until his
death aged 97 in 2011. He had turned from guitar to the piano only because of a
wound to his hand when he was 39 but he ended up playing with all the great
blues artists and remained a celebrated performer and recording artist
throughout his life. Honoured for Lifetime Achievement by the Grammy Awards in
2005, he became the oldest winner of a Gram...